Release 2.19q
Results
Midland League v Derbyshire (H)
Seniors Pairs
Director: Kathy Talbot
Swiss Pairs Championship
Director: Patricia Hones
OBA Thursday Teams
Director: Patricia Hones
OBA Pairs League - Overall
Calendar
18th Dec 2025
OBA Pairs League - Starting Positions
RealBridge 7pm
Director: Stephen Brown
 More Info
11th Jan 2026
Midland League v Gloucestershire (A)
RealBridge 2pm
12th Jan 2026
Seniors Pairs
Roke 11am
Director: Patricia Hones
15th Jan 2026
OBA Pairs League
RealBridge 7pm
Director: Stephen Brown
18th Jan 2026
Mixed Pairs
Roke Village Hall 2pm
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PREMIERSHIP LADDER

Each OBA competition counts toward this yearly ladder and give a player who has got the highest scores overall during 2025-2026

Click HERE to see the 2025-2026 current standings. 

DATES FOR COMPETITIONS IN OXFORDSHIRE 2025-2026

ALL ON REALBRIDGE (except congress and events marked F2F)

PRESIDENTS CUP    PREMIERSHIP LADDER

Sun 18 Jan 2026    Mixed Pairs Wallingford
 
Sun   1 Feb 2026       \
Thu   5 Feb 2026       County Pairs Semis
Mon 16 Feb 2026      /
 
Sun 15th Feb 2026  Abingdon Swiss Pairs F2F
Sun 8 Mar 2026       9H County Pairs
Sun 15 Mar 2026     County Pairs Final
 
Sun 19th April 2026   Oxford Swiss Pairs
 
 
Sat/Sun 15/16 Aug 2026  Congress (Abingdon F2F) 
 
Sun 30th Aug 2026    Friendly Pairs 
 
Sun 13 Sep 2026  F2F tbc   Harwell Cup  OBC ?
Sun 11 Oct 2026 F2F tbc   Wallingford Swiss Pairs 
Sun 8 Nov 2026  tbc      Handicap pairs
Sun 6 Dec 2026  tbc      Swiss Pairs Championship
Regular monthly events
Regular monthly events

OBA offers three regular monthly events, F2F or online 

 

     SECOND MONDAY - F2F Seniors Pairs at Roke, 11am, 30-33 boards.   JUST TURN UP    2025/2026 LADDER

 

     THIRD THURSDAY - Pairs ladder on RealBridge, with promotion and relegation within two divisions, 7pm 21-22 boards.      CLICK TO JOIN AS A NEW ENTRANT    New pairs very welcome       LADDER

 

     FOURTH THURSDAY - Teams on RealBridge, 7pm, 24-25 boards     CLICK TO ENTER 10 DAYS BEFORE EVENT

Returning to Bridge
Returning to Bridge

RETURNING TO THE GAME OF BRIDGE AFTER A PERIOD AWAY FROM THE GAME

 

You haven’t played for quite a while and apart from being a bit rusty the bridge world may have moved on with new conventions and systems in play.  You feel that beginners’ lessons are not necessary but nevertheless you feel you need a bit of help to get that bridge brain working again and to get up to date.

 

The following clubs offer refresher courses and/or supervised play sessions that should be ideal for you:

 

ABBEY SMITH BC (at Little Horwood, Bucks) - see website www.bridgewebs.com/abbeysmith/ - or e-mail Abbey at abbeybridgelessons@hotmail.co.uk  

 

BLEWBURY BC - social duplicate sessions with expert advice available on three Fridays out of four from Autumn to Early Summer - contact Tina Hollick at tina@hassle.org.uk

 

BRIDGE IN OXFORD - Jonathan Davis, a regular member of the Oxfordshire county teams, and author of the bestselling book Learn Bridge In A Weekend, teaches all 11 of Andrew Robson’s bridge courses, ideal for all abilites and experience, incuidng those returning to the game. Visit the Bridge In Oxford website (https://arb-oxf.uk) or email arb.oxford@gmail.com for more details. 
 
BUCKNELLBRIDGE - Charlie Bucknell, international bridge player and teacher is offering frequent refresher courses and private tuition to help those returning to bridge after a break in the Lockdown. He'd be delighted to hear from you (bucknellbridge@gmail.com, 07889284580)

 

KINGS SUTTON BC  - see website www.bridgewebs.com/kingssutton/ or ring Ken Langdon on 07850 616069

 

OXFORD BRIDGE CLUBoffers a range of sessions for people returning to bridge. Supervised Play is on Thursday evenings at 7.15pm click here, and Social Bridge,  click here for more information, is on Saturday afternoons at 2.30; during these sessions an experienced player is on hand to help with questions about bidding or play. Three Gentle Duplicate sessions for less experienced players are run each week click link for more information.

 

WALLINGFORD BC - see website www.bridgewebs.com/wallingford/ where you can either send an e-mail to enquire about bridge lessons or contact Joan Bennettjoanmbennett@hotmail.co.uk, 01491 579795, 07548 782 538